Anytime RDJJ !
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Anytime RDJJ !
I think I will take you up on that Redge!
Got to farm on Friday, they had just cut hay. Had planned on fishing the eufaula challenge, but couldn't do that and hay. Me and Oil Drainer went over and fished until the dew got off the grass! Left before the yahoos woke up, and got on the water.
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Redge, those are some nice fish! WTG!
Redge, I'm thinking about going to xkiller next week along with my big coat. Could you go ahead a let some of the smaller ones out of that wire trap you seem to have over there. It would make a lot of us feel better, IF JUST ONCE, you would post .... I had a bad day only caught 4-5 ..... Good looking slabs. Glad you had time to catch a few. rdjj
Thanks WW yesterday was hog day for us. Best/biggest in the last month.
RDJJ wish I could get off! You might want to call Mark, to let some out of his secret hiding place! We have had bad days, but we are capable of learning I guess! Of course we are a little slow on the learning, only has taken us 2 years to be able to catch on a consistent basis! Hope you get to go!!!
Redge I am lol at the rdjj post! It's true- since I joined c.c you have become really consistent and posted a lot of nice hauls of big fish. You have kind of become my hero really. Now if you could just teach your photo subjects how to smile. Now if I was your fishing partner I would even be smiling in my sleep! Congrats to the Wizard of Xkiller!
Thanks CC, can't wait for you to get home! When we go fishing I expect to see that smile in the fish pics! I think Drainer was contemplating the next 5 hours or raking hay!! That usually wipes the smile off my face too.
That's a good point. Having to leave those big girls behind when they are biting and return to chores would tend to sour my expression. As a kid I remember leaving my fishing buddies at a bass pond while I went home to clean stalls and milk the dang cow. Later in the day they showed up with the bed of a pickup almost covered with big old green carp. Takes the smile off my face just remembering it./-:
Fished today with my oldest son David. We don't get to hang out much together so it was a perfect day. We ended up with 20 with the biggest being 1.42lb. Only had 4 dinks all day and not a single black crappie caught. Today with a north wind they were tight lipped and had to be right on the break line to get bit. What a beautiful day for July......Ranger
Glad you all had a chance to enjoy this unusual day! Strange no Black crappie though.
Went squirrel hunting yesterday
Morning, went over to check
On the crappie at 11, have a buddy coming over to fish Monday and wanted to check on the fish for him. Muddy to discolored to Cherokee. Caught a couple really nice fish , got in 1 place and it was an 11" fish as fast as you could pull them up. Left about 3 for a crappie dinner with garden veggies!! Mmmm good !
Squirrel hunting! A man after my own heart.
Hard to beat fried squirrel biscuts and gravy!
Hold on; I'll be right over. Save me some!:crazy:
After 23 straight days building engines and getting airshow pilots ready for the big airshow, I finally got to take a day off just for myself. So, at 4 AM yesterday I met Frank300 in his drive where we promptly loaded and headed for Tenkiller. Frank had put out a couple of crappie hotels a week or so before and we were desperate to see if the fish were using them yet. They were home, but not in the mood to be coerced into a G daddy breakfast yet so we moved to another location, and same thing applied. They didn't hear the dinner bell. After a couple of more waypoints were hit we went back to the first spot. Still the crappie had lockjaw, but Frank landed a hefty flathead that he deftly handled with his Bonehead 7 ft. jigging rod. We were given a couple of good waypoints from a buddy of ours so it was plug and run time. Fish home there but same story. I ended up with none. By days end we were tired hot, thirsty, hungry and fishless to boot. Still, it was a great day on the water getting to enjoy one of the finest hobbies a guy could have. Can't wait until the crowd leaves after Labor Day and the lakes return to more serene conditions!
Well it still beats turning wrenches! I have became very aware of that concept, just because I can see them, doesn't necessarily mean I can get them to hop in the boat!
Here's a post just for you RDJJ, went fishing for 3 hours Saturday morning. The fish had moved, weird thought I left the gate closed. Caught 2 nice fish, finally found good fish and they weren't having anything I offered. Had to quit to go bale hay! Beautiful morning probably saw 4 boats total before we left. One note sandbass were up chasing shad for over an hour in one area that we saw.
Redge, I wouldn't wish that on anybody. But it's nice to know your human .. LOL. That sounds like one of my days on killer.
It was pretty warm to be baling hay, have a safe trip back.
This kind of makes you my hero Redge- don't know if I could have remained pure and resisted that temptation to go running off to chase those trashy striped things. wTG.Quote:
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I reserve chasing those stripped things when I have GK's or GGK's in the boat! I did catch one by accident, talk about a fight! Thought I had a cat for a bit.
That's what all dink catchers think......LOL.....Ranger
Yeah Redge. Like you sometimes I include my GK in the boat so I have an excuse to chase something that I can actually catch!
Attachment 1699621/2 day trip with David and Mike yesterday. We started at 7:30 on a few trees in 35' to 45' DOW only finding a few. A blue bird day after a front and still having north winds drove the crappie deep into the wood and holding tight. Cast n Drag technique was tough since the crappie would not come and get the jig. We settled for vertical over the tightest wood and was able to weed a few out. Ended the day with 20 and a few throwbacks. Had a great day with some really good folks. BoneHead Rods and Mono and light colored baits were the ticket today........Ranger
Talk about a rough weekend! Never put together a 2 man limit all weekend!! On fish big time, but you had to smack them in the face more than once to get bit! I am blaming it on high pressure since I don't know what the deal was!
Talk about a rough weekend! Never put together a 2 man limit all weekend!! On fish big time, but you had to smack them in the face more than once to get bit! I am blaming it on high pressure since I don't know what the deal was!
Blue Bird Day after a front and slick water be a good guess.....Ranger
Ranger just like you said, go to banging on wood if you want a fish to bite!
Would never steer you wrong Kirk.......Ranger
I realize that Ranger, and appreciate it!
Ranger, is it the light penetration on slick water or what is your thoughts. All I know is I DON'T like slick water. Too many times can't get a bite and let a little ripple start and bang get a bite. dj
It's my thoughts on slick water is sound and shadows. It seems that fish of all species are a lot spookier when there isn't a ripple or wave action on the surface. Take the baitfish for instance. On slick water when you make a movement they scatter while with a ripple or light waves they do not. Then comes the sound part of it. With slick water just the slightest sound will spook the fish. Again try the same thing with and I am sure you have noticed this many times before that they will spook and scatter with the slightest sound. Just my theory and I am sticking to it. I can tell you that clear water fish are different animals. I almost never run over a known pile with my big motor. Always with my trolling motor. Reason being spooked fish. I have put this theory to the test many times on clear water fish and it produces many more strikes and fish in the LW by doing it this way........Ranger
Another thing in clear water is boat position. Always position the boat after marking wood on the down sun side to not cast a shadow over the wood. This will add many more bites and fish in the LW.........Ranger
Ranger, thanks for your thoughts, you have a lot more experience than I have so I'm going with it. I do try to position my boat not to cast a shadow on the wood. I've been working a lot lately with my new HB 360 on my TM. If I have the wood marked I just pull up to it real slow an start fishing it. I think it is really going to work good in clear water (with light wind) I can just put the wood 15-20ft. from the boat and cast to it. Now if someone would just teach me how to "cast n drag" LOL
That time is close for a learning lesson. I can't wait myself Doug. I am thinking Gibson this fall when this Big Blacks are banging the jig........Ranger
That sounds great to me Mark, love those Blacks. Just let me know. Loy and I are really looking forward to fishing with you, we know it will be a great time .... dj
October 3 is coming. Get the laugh meter ready.
We had a great day with Mark on the water Aug 1. He is a wealth of knowledge and schooled us literally and figuratively on how to catch post cold front Crappie.
The lake was beautiful that morning..in fact a little too calm for the catching but the fishing part was great. Mark went the extra mile for us and we are grateful and highly recommend him. We may be hitting him up for another round at a nearby lake one of these days.
UOTE=Ranger09;2754830]Attachment 1699621/2 day trip with David and Mike yesterday. We started at 7:30 on a few trees in 35' to 45' DOW only finding a few. A blue bird day after a front and still having north winds drove the crappie deep into the wood and holding tight. Cast n Drag technique was tough since the crappie would not come and get the jig. We settled for vertical over the tightest wood and was able to weed a few out. Ended the day with 20 and a few throwbacks. Had a great day with some really good folks. BoneHead Rods and Mono and light colored baits were the ticket today........Ranger[/QUOTE]
That would be us.
Redge, Oil Canner and me are going out Sunday morn for a bit. Them 2 are scouting tonight. Hoping they get a pattern for Sunday. Been a while since I've had the THUMP!